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Luca Cambiaso – Virgin with the Christ Child in Swaddling Clothes – WGA03793. "The tremendous revelation of Christianity is not the Fatherhood of God, but the Babyhood of God—God became the weakest thing in His own creation, and in flesh and blood He levered it back to where it was intended to be. No one…

To all of you ….     Whatever you believe …         From whatever direction you come …             Right or left …                 North or south …                     East or west …                         Whoever you are …                             PEACE!                                …

Wrapped in vulnerability, Love descended … exposed to the elements … exposed to threat  and danger … exposed, vulnerable, human … Love: Incarnate … invisible divinity and visible humanity. Love … an open target … a viable opportunity to align or malign and yet Alive! Very Alive! Present with us, Among us, One of us,…

That was in 2013. What would I say today? Well, more and less.

Our God, today,To-Day — preposition, TO …Going forward into the DAY.Today, I come, going forward.Today, I seek You and I seek Your will.Why?You seem to ask that a lot of me.I've learned not to ask it so much of You.But You ask it for a reason.You want me to know.Why do I seek Your will?Frankly,…

  “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” – Romans 7:24  “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked …” – Revelation 3:17 No…

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." -Matthew 24:35  When I was a child, I believed that our house was the most solid reality in my life. I could not conceive of a time when it did not exit. I certainly could not imagine it ever ceasing to exist.…

"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” Matthew 24:36 We knew she was coming sometime, just not when. We knew that every day brought the visit closer, but we were not certain exactly what day. We cleaned the house once, twice, and then…

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Revelation 3:6) Not everyone can hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches, but a far greater number simply refuse to hear in a deep way. The believers in Philadelphia were ever ready to hear a word from Jesus. They…

“In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”  John 1:4-5 By now, your community is lighted with beautiful reminders of the Christmas season. The colors shining in the night can be seen from afar and even from space. They…